Surveys for members of the profession

Help advance veterinary science by completing these surveys from your veterinary peers. If you would like your survey to be considered for inclusion, please submit details to communications@ava.com.au.

Survey 1:

Outcomes of morally stressful events in veterinary care

A study being conducted at the University of Tasmania is investigating moral distress in veterinary professionals. You will be asked to review ten events that people working in animal care may be exposed to and indicate any positive/negative outcomes experienced. The survey is expected to take 10 minutes, and you will have the opportunity to go into the draw to receive one of six $50 gift vouchers.

Survey link: https://tinyurl.com/morallystressfulevents

If you have any questions about the study, please contact Caitlin Connolly: Caitlin.Connolly@utas.edu.au

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Survey 2:

New reporting requirements for ongoing use of ilium Methocarbamol injection.

Troy Animal Healthcare have recently been successful in renewing their Minor Use Permit to enable the ongoing supply of ilium Methocarbamol injection to veterinarians, until 30^th June 2025.

This was in response to feedback from the profession indicating the importance of ongoing access to this medicine.

However, the APVMA have introduced a new reporting requirement which means that veterinarians will need to submit case records to the manufacturer for every treatment performed (including the date, dosage administered, patient outcome).

If these compliance requirements are not met, then the permit will not be renewed in 2025 and the profession will lose access to this medicine.

Submission of case details can be done via the form on Troy’s website, which can be accessed via a QR Code (on the product packaging and the product Request Form).

Or access the form directly at https://troylab.com.au/methocarbamol

We are seeking your feedback on how this may impact you, given that there will be an increased time commitment to perform the case reporting.

We also wish to understand the importance of this medicine to the profession, its patterns of use, and general requirement into the future.

Please spend 5-10 minutes to answer the survey at the following link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KQNCCJZ

Survey 3:

Survey 4: 

The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences invites veterinarians to participate in qualitative research investigating veterinarians’ attitudes towards immunocontraceptive use in cats. They would greatly value your input by completing a survey of around ten minutes duration. In doing so, veterinarians can go into the running to win one of two $50 VISA gift cards. 

Immunocontraceptives have been proposed as a future contraceptive for use in cats as an alternative to surgical sterilisation. As of yet, veterinarians’ attitudes towards immunocontraceptive technology as a means of fertility control in animals is unclear. It is therefore valuable to investigate the veterinary perspective of potential immunocontraceptive use, including understanding owner and veterinarian decision making when it comes to reproductive management of cats. This information will be highly valuable in informing future immunocontraceptive development and use in veterinary settings.

Please read through the plain language statement which contains further information about the project. Once you have read through the document you can access the survey by clicking here.